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With its clinical colour scheme and setting in the bleak dunes of Scheveningen, the new and permanent home of the International Criminal Court appears to have been created from a design brief asking for a “hospital on the moon” feel. Given … Continue reading
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It must be the ambition for most niche disco artists to have a wikipedia page that lists three potential birthdates in either Saigon Hong Kong. The remarkable life of Amanda Lear is told in this 16-year old Observer report of … Continue reading
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The photo blog returns with one of the most recognisable buildings in European design history – the Bauhaus, Dessau. As with the previously featured Barcelona Pavilion, everything is not exactly as it seems with the Bauhaus. Sitting on the banks … Continue reading
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It’s back with a bang this week as disco legend Grace Jones makes her debut on the blog. Appropriately enough it is with one of her own very early recorded appearances, in this brief cameo as a nightclub singer in … Continue reading
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The theme this week is remakes, and while the music post features someone putting a new spin on their source material, the subject of this post is a carbon copy. Mies van der Rohe’s German Pavilion was demolished after the … Continue reading
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With the theme this week being remakes, it’s time to deal with one of the more tedious contemporary music tropes. For a long time now radio shows have got mileage from charging some pedestrian guitar band with covering a popular … Continue reading
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Often when I’m on holiday and I spot a remarkable piece of public art, I’ll ruefully think to myself, “you’d never be able to have that in the UK, they wouldn’t respect it.” That particular feeling wasn’t one that lasted … Continue reading
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The unmistakable production of Bobby O makes a welcome return to the blog. After previously featuring the Flirts, this time it’s Italian-American showgirl Nadia Cassini fronting more Hi-NRG action. Wikipedia has it that Cassini was once married to an American … Continue reading
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With the Tour de France just around the corner, it’s time to return to the theme of cycling. With this week’s music post recognising one of the sport’s all time greats, the photos come from London’s top criterium, the Nocturne. … Continue reading
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Disco music generally, and Italo specifically, has a bad reputation for being superficial, disposable and cheesy. These are all accusations I reject and I stand by all the songs I’ve posted on this site. Except for this next one, which … Continue reading
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It’s difficult to think of why anyone would feel that “bulbous glass thumb” was a good concept for a skyscraper, but the people behind 20 Fenchurch Street clearly felt they were on to something. If nothing else, it’s novel. Set away … Continue reading
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Having always thought that Madonna’s absurd British accent was a late 90s thing, this video came as something of a surprise. Though she only confirms her hometown and the name of her next track, there’s a distinctly posh twang to … Continue reading